[PaulRobinson]

The "new Government" has not yet been in power for 100 days. How exactly have they not "come through on their promise to address it"? Given the old government didn't come through on similar promises on planning for 14 years, I think we can give them another year or so to get policy and statutes in place, no?

[BillFranklin]

Yes I hope they’ll find a solution and get re-elected. In some cases changes to frameworks require a 1 year consultation (planning permission to change planning permission rules!) so I am sure it will take years to see an increase. My point was their changes announced so far seemed bitty and wouldn’t address much of the issue.

The problem is hard! Even if you do build 500k homes a year (2x current) in places people don’t want you to build, it will still take 15 years to catch up, and they might be voted out before then because voters don’t want it.

[falcor84]

At this point in time I'm just jaded about the whole political discourse - it seems that 90% of the discussion is devoted to "what they did" and "what we could do", with almost none about "what we did, and here's how we believe it actually affected your life"

[gm3dmo]

feels like the government need to set the tone for the rental market first then both owners and builders can decide if they want to participate.